Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to declare the locust attack a national disaster.
At the same time, he said, financial support has also been provided to those who have lost their means of livelihood in the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged PM Narendra Modi to get the alleged attempt to topple his government stopped and said he is open to welcoming back the Congress rebels led by Sachin Pilot.
Gehlot said that Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat should resign on moral grounds
They were transported by a chartered aircraft, with no clarity as to who is footing the bill
Six BSP MLAs defected to the Congress in September last year which was initially challenged by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar before the assembly speaker in March this year
"As the accused disagreed to give his voice sample in the lower court, we will take further legal steps and approach the High Court in this matter against him," ADG (SOG) Ashok Rathore said
Rajasthan Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi moved the Supreme Court against High Court order of July 24 asking the assembly speaker to defer disqualification proceeding against Sachin Pilot and MLAs
The MLAs have been staying in the Jaipur-Delhi highway hotel since July 13 after Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs rebelled against the government triggering the political crisis
Gehlot said that horse trading rates in Rajasthan have gone higher as new rates have been announced soon after the Assembly session date was finalised on Wednesday
India has recorded its worst-ever spike of over 54,900 coronavirus cases, taking its tally to 1,639,350
Congress MLAs huddled in a hotel here for the last fortnight will continue to camp together till the Rajasthan Assembly meets on August 14, a party leader said Thursday
The deadlock over convening the Rajasthan Assembly ended on Wednesday with Governor Kalraj Mishra agreeing to call a session from August 14
The meeting was called after Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra gave his consent to a proposal by the Ashok Gehlot Cabinet to call an assembly session from August 14
Ashok Gehlot hit out at the Centre over its "wrong" policies, alleging that they have proved "disastrous" for the nation
Amid an ongoing political crisis in the Rajasthan, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) is set to meet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday at Hotel Fairmont
The governor said the Legislative Assembly rules mandated a 21-day notice to all MLAs
The governor returned a revised proposal containing the response to the three queries posed by him
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The 91st Amendment to the Constitution in 2003 had strengthened the anti-defection law by increasing the bar on the number of MLAs switching sides from a third to two-thirds